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    The surname Rohrs

    A German surname, carried by 1,169 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R620

    Rohrs: #22,124 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rohrs #22,124, 1,169 people Rohrs: #22,124 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rohrs #22,124, 1,169 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rohrs is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Röhrs.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,169 people named Rohrs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,152.

    #22,124
    rank among US surnames
    1,169
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Rohrs

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Rohrs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rohrs

    Rohrs has the Soundex code R620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R620.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rohrs come from?
    Borrowed from German Röhrs.
    How common is the surname Rohrs?
    1,169 people in the United States had the surname Rohrs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. It ranked 22,124th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rohrs?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rohrs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rohrs getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,169 in 2010, up 1.5%.